… Serving Those Who Need It
I wanted to take a moment today to explain why I am in this space.
Last year I posted a pretty personal blog on the “WHY”. You can find it here. That blog post provides the backdrop for WHY I am interested in history, archiving and the stories of the past.
What may not be clear is WHY I am creating a space to help others with their personal story telling and archiving.
As I have mentioned, it breaks my heart to visit flea markets, estate sales and see so much personal history cast aside in old cardboard boxes and paper bags … treated like yesterday’s garbage.
The only reason people don’t keep artifacts and heirlooms and all of the stuff is that THEY DON’T KNOW HOW TO.
Don’t let this happen to your photos!
I Really Want To Change This
You will benefit from knowing how — I want to share that with you.
Over the last week or so I have been conducting one-on-one interviews with people interested in becoming their own family archivists in order to better understand theirs needs and challenges. People between the ages of 40-80 who feel overwhelmed by the task of organizing and displaying the contents of boxes stashed away in garages, basements, attics, closets, wherever have been speaking with me on this.
Who Are These People?
Some are “Mighty Moms/Dads”who are feeling terribly guilty about not keeping their children’s analog and digital photos organized and accessible. These Moms and Dads aim to present their children with ‘The Story of Your Life’ when they become adults. The current state of clutter and disorganization is driving them MAD.
Others are in the “Sandwich Generation” have kids who have left home to begin their own life journey and parents approaching their twilight years. Or they have boxes overflowing with generations of stuff that may have stories they want to share with extended family.
Another distinct group includes the “Savvy Seniors”who are in or approaching retirement and have the time to dig in on projects like this. The Savvy Seniors understand (because they have experienced it themselves) they can’t leave all of the family history in boxes without the stories that accompany them for next of kin to unravel. Not cool! They also are thinking about downsizing their homes and getting rid of things.
Shared Challenges
Everyone of these unique people share a sense of overwhelmin terms of HOW and WHERE TO BEGIN.
My work is focused on providing that solution as well as specific solutions (analog and digital) for all the stuff that matters.
Understanding all of your challenges and pressure pointswill help me provide answers you can use – easily and quickly. And in case I have not mentioned previously, I have over 33+ years of experience in creating visual storytelling presentations. I’ll describe that more fully in another dedicated blog post!
So, here is my ASK.
If you have time and are interested in a 20-minute phone call with specific questions, I would very much like to speak with you. Contact me at info@archivingoptions.com and we can set that up.
FOR THE REST OF YOU … please add your biggest challenge(s)in the comments below ⇣⇣.
Things like:
- SORTING
- EDITING
- HOW to DISPLAY
- HOW to SHARE DISPLAYS
- PHOTOS
- DOCUMENTS
- JOURNALS
- ARTIFACTS
- LETTERS
- BOOKS
- HEIRLOOMS
The more info I get from you, the better I can SERVE you.
I will teach you how to manage all of these things so it doesn’t overwhelm or end up in a flea market stall. I can get you from HOT MESS to ORGANIZED and it will be fun.
I am so curious to know what YOUR specific challenges are! ⇣⇣
All for now and thank you friends!
© 2019 Archiving Options
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